[Malou]

I rec'd an agreement document which I need to edit. The document will not
allow me to change anything, for example: the date on the agreement (within
the body of the doc) needs to be corrected, when I click on the line where
the date is, the cursor will automatically go to a specific line where I can
make changes (but not the line I need to make changes). It seems that the
document is formatted to allow changes to specific areas only. How can I get
to edit this doc?

[Jezebel]

Tools Unprotect. You might need a password. Failing that, convert it to
PDF and back. The result will not be locked, but the format might be a bit
messy.




"Malou" wrote in message
...
I rec'd an agreement document which I need to edit. The document will not
allow me to change anything, for example: the date on the agreement
(within
the body of the doc) needs to be corrected, when I click on the line where
the date is, the cursor will automatically go to a specific line where I
can
make changes (but not the line I need to make changes). It seems that the
document is formatted to allow changes to specific areas only. How can I
get
to edit this doc?

[Malou]

I did convert it to pdf and it worked. Although it was a lot of
re-formatting work...but better than typing the whole document. Thanks for
your advise...it was very helpful!!!

"Jezebel" wrote:

Tools Unprotect. You might need a password. Failing that, convert it to
PDF and back. The result will not be locked, but the format might be a bit
messy.




"Malou" wrote in message
...
I rec'd an agreement document which I need to edit. The document will not
allow me to change anything, for example: the date on the agreement
(within
the body of the doc) needs to be corrected, when I click on the line where
the date is, the cursor will automatically go to a specific line where I
can
make changes (but not the line I need to make changes). It seems that the
document is formatted to allow changes to specific areas only. How can I
get
to edit this doc?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Actually, forms protection is easily removed by using Insert | File to
insert the form document into a new Blank Document.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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"Malou" wrote in message
...
I did convert it to pdf and it worked. Although it was a lot of
re-formatting work...but better than typing the whole document. Thanks
for
your advise...it was very helpful!!!

"Jezebel" wrote:

Tools Unprotect. You might need a password. Failing that, convert it
to
PDF and back. The result will not be locked, but the format might be a
bit
messy.




"Malou" wrote in message
...
I rec'd an agreement document which I need to edit. The document will
not
allow me to change anything, for example: the date on the agreement
(within
the body of the doc) needs to be corrected, when I click on the line
where
the date is, the cursor will automatically go to a specific line where
I
can
make changes (but not the line I need to make changes). It seems that
the
document is formatted to allow changes to specific areas only. How
can I
get
to edit this doc?